Speaking at a Toronto Police Services Board meeting, police Chief Myron Demkiw called the charge “unprecedented,” noting the “very high threshold” to charge anyone with a hate propaganda offence.
European military heavyweights have stressed they will not send ground troops to Ukraine after a suggestion it could not be “ruled out”. Meanwhile, Ukraine has lost two villages near the eastern city of Avdiivka, which was captured two weeks ago in Moscow’s most significant gain in months.